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The Daily TranscriptVOLUME IINORMAN, OKLAHOMA, TUESDAY, SEPT. 29, 1914NUMBER 96J. E. PETERS TURNED LOOSE -H-HHI Testimony Convinces J u d g eSwank He Acted in SelfDefense, Parnell Beingthe Aggressor. ,AL JEHMNOS DETECTEDi/i AN ATTEMPT AT £5CAPEScene From-uBeating Back"With A1 Jennings -:-HimseIf-:-The most famous of The SaturdayEvening Post'Human Document'serials.A Baudit Story For RespectableAudiences.Complete in Six PartsBoth TheatresUniversity and OrpheumOne day only-Thursday Oct. 1st.Matinee and Night.Mrs. Criswell's Horse Takes 1stPrize.Big Crowd Sees 'Trey 'o Hearts'The fine mare, "Lellia Rex,"owned by Mrs. J. F. Criswell ofthis city, took first premium atthe horse show in OklahomaCity on Monday night in "Class27—saddle horses, three gait-ed," and this, too, in competitionwith many of the finest horsesin the country. "Lelia Rex" is al-so entered in a number of otherevents, and will undoubtedly getmore premiums.—Never were there as manyblankets at one store as there isat Rucker's.—One of the Banana Splitsmade right. Richards' Confec-tionery.A large crowd saw the open-i ing number of "Trey 'o Hearts"1 at the University and Orpheumj theatres last night, about 500i admissions so the boys said.Everyone seemed well pleasedand those that did not see thefiist installment can easily getthe run of the story by readingthe second installment of thisstory in the Weekly Transcriptnext Thursday. The picturescorresponding to the stories arerun the Monday following theappearand of the story in theTranscript.—The most delicious of all—"Fruit Salad Sundae"—-Try oneat Richards' Confectionery.Good NewsOFNew GoodsSeen the Ready-to-Wear at Rucker's Yet?Poplin SkirtsNew Tunic SkirtsGape CoatsBasque Silk DressesSamuel Silver SuitsPleated SkirtsA very large crowd attended |the preliminary trial of J. E.Peters at Lexington yesterday, jcharged with the felonious kill- Jing of Alvin Parnell, and when .j.J udge Swank, after hearing all 4*the testimony, discharged him | ?from custody, being fully con- ^vinced that Peters had acted in .j.self defense and no action could 4*be successfully maintained Tagainst him, the decision met j .j.with the approval of almost the *{•entire audience. The testimony *j*clearly demonstrated that Mr. j YParnell was the aggressor, and JPeters had stabbed him when hebelieved himself in danger of hisown life.Frank Claunch's testimonywas in line with that alreadyoutlined in the Transcript, viz:That he had gone to the Peters'oliice and found the two menlocked in a death struggle, withParnell on top of Peters with adeath grip on his throat, sotight that he had great difficul-ty in pulling him off, and thatit was only after appealing tohis Masonic affiliations (all threemen being Masons) that hefinally got him to let loose. Itwas evident from Mr. Claunch'stestimony that he believed hadhe not come just when he didPeters would have been killed;ipdeed, that both men wouldhave been dead when they werefinally found.The greatest interest wasmanifested when Mr. Peters wasplaced cm the stand. He told astraight story, to the effectthat more-or less friction had ex-isted between him and Mr. Par-nell for years over the cottonbusiness, both being buyers andrepresented rival firms. Mr. Par-nell was aggressive, and demand-ed of Mr. Peters that he (Pet-ers) allow him to purchase two-thirds of the cotton that came toLexington. Mr. Peters wouldnot agree to this, and kept buck-ing Parnell and keeping up theprice of cotton which made thelatter angry. On the evening ofthe difficulty, Parnell had cometo Peters' office about 5 o'clockto again talk over the matter,and he and Peters had severaldrinks out of Peters' bottle ofwhisky but no agreement wasreached. Again at 7 o'clockParnell came to the office toagain take up the matter , andmore drinks were indulged in.Finally, one word bringing onanother, and the whisky takingeffect, Parnell called Peters avery ugly name and saying,"We'll fight it out," he sprangat Peters and, knocking himdown, was choiring him when he(Peters) succeeded in gettingout his knife and slashed atParnelPs neck, and that wasabout the last he knew untilClaunch succeeded in gettingParnell loose. He testified thatin no way had he promoted thedifficulty, and that his relationswith Parnell, outside their cot-ton rivalry were friendly, andthat no one regretted the finalresult more than he did.Three wounds were found onthe left side of Parnell's face,and his left arm was a mass ofcuts. The cut into his jugularvein caused his death.Sweater DaysThe cool morning and evenings call for extra clothing.Too cool without a coat and too warm with one. A sweateryou will find just fills the want for a light weight, yet com-fortable wrap.We would like to have you come down and see our greatstock of coat and jersey sweaters. We have all sizes now inall the most popular colors.Children's sweaters in red, navy and gray at 50c,and $1.50.$1.00—Wool finished blankets for$2.50—large full size. Rucker's.■—Fancy creamery butter, 30ca pound. Tubbs' Grocery.—Have you tried one of those"Taylor Made" Sundaes at Rich-ards' Confectionery?Norman Boy in Thick of War.It is a cold day when Normandoes not come to the front insome way, and we are remindedin this particular that we havea Norman boy more or less inthe thick of it in France, Geo.Bucklin being American consulat Bordeaux, the tempprary cap-ital of France. It is safe to sayhe is "making good."—Fancy Michigan Concordgrapes 25c a basket. Tubbs' Gro-cery.—Don't put off buying yourblankets too late. Buy now. Seeour window. We sure have theone to suit you. Rucker's.iloys and girls sweaters in red, oxford and navy in sizesfrom 6 to 12 years, priced at $1.25, $1.50, $2.00 and $2.50.Ladies coat sweaters in white, red, navy, gray, brown,green and copen, priced at $2.50, $3, $4, $5 and up to $7.50.Boys jersey sweaters in red, navy and gray, all sizes at, 75c, $1.25 and $1.50.50cYou will find these sweaters are ideal for school wear.They will save many times their cost in laundry saving.| The S. K. McCALL* 'Norman's Greatest Store""KEEN," "CLASSY'"SWELL."ANDIs Richards' Confectionery. -The Prettiest Place in theCity—"Nifty" and Po-lite Attendants.CLEVELAND ONLY5 1-2 POINTS BEHINDCADDO COUNTYThe above are some of the ad-jectives employed in describingCharlie Richards' Jewelry andConfectionery, and then theydon't half describe it. It is, theTranscript believes the prettiestand most complete establish-ment of its kind in Oklahoma,and Mr. Richards and his tho-roughly experienced manager,Charlie Taylor, keep adding toand adding to until one wonderswhere they will stop in theirimprovements.Their latest is to cover thetables and chairs in the recep-tion room with snow-white linen,giving a very beautiful effect,and appealing to the artisticsense of everyone who visits theestablishment. The walls of thereception room will be adornedwith mottoes, college bannersand pennants, artistically ar-ranged. which will still furtheradd to its beauty.And the boys in attendancestill further add to the populari-ty of the institution, for theyare all "good-lookers" — whatmight be truthfully termed"nifty"—polite, courteous andpleasing. In their clean whiteuniforms they sure do make afine appearance. They are Char-lie Taylor, the head of theforce, Roy Holland, Percy Brew-er and Mac Emerson—and it isconceded the others have to "gosome" to surpass the last named,the youngster of the quartette,who is up and a-coming inevery way. But they all arefirst-class; boys it is a pleasureto deal with.Mr. Taylor, the "Luncheonetteand Fountain" expert, has addedmany new features, the chiefone being the delicious coffeeand toothsome hot sandwiches,boullion and tomato soups, andnumerous other hot condiments.In the fountain department hotand cold drinks are served; in-1eluding everything found in Ifirstclass confectioneries in the |cities.The establishment is first- [class in all its appointments, andit is no wonder it is securing a Imost extensive and steadily Igrowing patronage.Caddo Got $200 and Silver Cup— Cleveland Got $150 —Points Were 925 forCaddo; 919.5 forCleveland—Jack-son (loseThird.ofThe Oklahoman's accountthe awards in the county con-tests at the State Fair says:"Second honors were won byCleveland county with 919.5points as a total score against925 points for Caddo, thus mak-ing a warmly contested race.Competing closely with Cleve-land was Jackson county, whichwon third place with a totalscore of 916.5. Other awardswere as follows: Woodward,fourth, score 909.5; McClainfifth, 900.5; Pittsburg, sixth,863; Carter, seventh, 812; Tul-sa, eighth, 801.5; Grady ninth,793; Pottawatomie, tenth, 779;Canadian, eleventh, 756.5; Mc-Intosh, twelfth, 655; Pontotoc,thirteenth, 650; Johnston, four-teenth, 590.Cleveland county in winningsecond prize of $150 came upfrom fourth place in 1913. Jack-son county, winner of third,came up from fifth place in 1913.Woodward advanced from sixthplace to fourth; Pittsburg ad-vanced to sixth place fromtwelfth; Carter to seventh fromeighth.H. H. Jacobs, a farmer ofnear Normian, superintended thecollection of the Clevelandcounty exhibit which won sec-ond place. The exhibit scoredonly a few points behind Caddo,which indicates that the pro-ducts shown and the manner ofdisplaying were practically of ashigh order as Caddo. In fact theexhibit was penalized slightlyfor carrying the words, "Nor-man, the University City," inbold lettering in the center ofthe display. The judges regard-ed the advertising for the uni-veriyty city not vital to the con-test. When this point is con-sidered it may be seen readilyhow closely the two countiesranked on quality of farm pro-ducts.The first premium was $200and silver loving cup; second,$150; 3rd, $125; 4th, $100; andso on down to $50.—Blankets for the whole coun-try at Rucker's.—Fine sweet oranges 15c adozen. Tubbs' Grocery.—Boys, bring your ladyfriends to Richards' Confection-ery when out for a nice time.Marion Shelton Wins.J. B. Dudley won a notablevictory for his client, MarionShelton, in the contest broughtagainst the latter by Frank Far-ris to keep Shelton from beingthe Democratic nominee forsheriff of McClain county. Therecount was finished today, andthe-election board gave the nom-ination to Shelton by threevotes. Farris will endeavor tostill keep Shelton out of it byinjunction, but Mr. Dudley iscertain now of complete successfor his client.—Those delicious sandwiches."Richards' Confectionery."—Fancy Michigan Concordgrapes 25c a basket. Tubbs' Gro-cery.Celebrates 89th Birthday.Mrs. R. H. Seawell, who re-sides with her daughter, Mrs. J.C. Littrell, ceebrated the 89thanniversary of her birth on Sun-day, Sept. 27, 1914. Neighborsand friends came during the af-ternoon and a pleasing socialtime was enjoyed. Mrs. Littrellas hostess, assisted by Mrs.Hugh Jones, served ice creamand wafers. Out of town guestswere Mr. B. Seawell and MissMary Seawell of Oklahoma City,nephew and neice of Mrs. Sea-well.—Warm prices on warm blan-kets. Rucker's.—Fancy northern cabbage, 2ca pound. Tubbs' Grocery.—Fred Carder left today for:Byars to visit his son Levi a few jdays.—Remember the long nights .are coming. Enjoy them with anice box of King's Candy — AtRichards' Confectionery.CALIFORNIA PEARSConcord and Tokay Grapes, Peaches, Cookingand Eating Apples, Oranges, Lemonsand Bananas.Summer SquashGreen Beans, Celery, Cauliflowers, Green Pep-pers, Lettuce, Sweet Potatoes, Cucum-bers and Cabbage.Bowling-Cash GroceryFree Delivery Phone 386